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Pedro Campos and Jose Aguirre

Pedro Campos and Jose Aguirre

1991
(Peruvian, b. 1959)
Peru, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Overall: 60 x 50 cm (23 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Gift of Jorge and Martha Schneider 2019.145
© Roberto Huarcaya
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This occupational portrait shows the subjects amid the objects with which they make their living.

Description

Campos and Aguirre sell car mufflers. Campos, who had worked at the stand for two years when this photo was taken, needed help, so brought in his friend. The artist wanted workers like these two men, who serve the tourists and wealthy Lima residents of the upscale Miraflores area, to be seen as individuals, so he handwrote their life stories around their portraits.
  • 1991
    Roberto Huarcaya (the artist)
    Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
    June 3, 2019
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.145